Prince William joins Rober Irwin on walk near South Africa's Table Mountain to promote conservation
Prince William and Robert Irwin went on a walk together near Cape Town.
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Prince William met Robert Irwin in South Africa to promote the work of conservation rangers in a unique national park.
The pair enjoyed an early-morning walk near Table Mountain as part of the prince's four-day trip to the country.
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The prince's engagements this week include meetings with young environmentalists, attending a wildlife summit, visiting a botanical garden and spending time at a sea rescue institute.
Prince William has gone on an early-morning nature walk with Australian conservationist Robert Irwin to promote the work of conservation rangers in a unique urban national park in South Africa.
The Prince of Wales met with some of the rangers who guard Table Mountain National Park, a 220-square kilometre area that overlooks Cape Town and spills into the city's suburbs in some areas.
William did not go to the top of the famous flat-topped mountain, instead strolling through nature trails on Signal Hill, a foothill that sits by the ocean's edge.
The prince was accompanied on his walk on Tuesday by park manager Megan Taplin, and Mr Irwin, the son of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.
Prince William talks to Robert Irwin.
William met with rangers, park firefighters and members of a K-9 dog unit.
"He got to learn about what they do on a daily basis and what challenges they face," Ms Taplin said.
"We also spoke a lot about ranger wellness and how that's really important that rangers are supported, that their families are supported, because they are doing quite dangerous work and difficult work."
Prince William is in South Africa to promote his annual Earthshot Prize, which awards $US1.2 million ($1.83 million) in grants to five entrepreneurs or organisations for innovative ideas that help the environment and combat climate change.
The prince set up the Earthshot Prize in 2020 through his Royal Foundation. And on Wednesday night, the awards ceremony will be held in Cape Town — the first time it has taken place in Africa.
The prince's four-day visit is a kind of environmental roadshow and is heavily focused on climate and conservation, though he did break away from those issues on his first day in Cape Town on Monday to attend a rugby practice at a local high school and play a little of South Africa's favourite sport with some of the kids.
He also met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the president's Cape Town residence on Tuesday.
The prince was joined by UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who is in the country for a bilateral meeting with South Africa's foreign minister.
Cape Town is renowned for its natural beauty, and while Table Mountain is its most iconic landmark, the national park forms part of the Cape Floral Kingdom, which is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Some of the plants growing on the slopes of the mountain and across the wider Cape Peninsula are not found anywhere else in the world.
William's engagements this week include meetings with young environmentalists, attending a wildlife summit, visiting a botanical garden and spending time at a sea rescue institute and with a Cape Town fishing community.
At one event, he will learn how seaweed is being used to help regenerate oceans.
Officials said he would wear sustainable clothes during his visit to promote a climate-friendly clothing industry.
Prince William last visited Africa in 2018 but he has a long-standing connection to the continent.
He travelled there as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Paris car crash in 1997.
He and his wife, Catherine, got engaged at a wildlife conservancy in Kenya in 2010.
And he said he came up with the idea for the Earthshot awards while in Namibia in 2018.
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